Children are forced into prostitution, begging and soliciting, labor on plantations and in mines, markets, factories and domestic work.
So it's very important that we have an education program for families about how to protect children if they have sick birds around their homes.
It is important to protect children from being recruited and used in armed conflict.
With wintry conditions arriving in the higher elevations, children are facing a potentially deadly combination of cold, malnutrition, and disease,
It is critical that the world unite for children and unite against AIDS. The size of the problem is staggering, but the scale of the response has been inadequate.
We must be prepared for a worsening drought. Children are especially vulnerable to malnutrition and disease and the burden on already over-stretched health, nutrition and water services will be even greater.
Most housing has been destroyed in the hardest-hit areas, so the survival of thousands of young children is now at stake.
To ensure that children are protected, the abuse and exploitation of children must be brought to light and those who violate children brought to justice.
Few things have more impact than nutrition on a child's ability to survive, learn effectively and escape a life of poverty.
Almost one in three children in Zimbabwe, 1,6-million, are now orphaned, having lost at least one parent, and this number is growing. HIV and Aids have dramatically increased children's vulnerability in recent years.
We know that children under 18 are about half of the population in the affected areas. And therefore we think that about half of the victims, either injured or the dead, have been children.
I certainly, with no hesitation, would say that every mother can feel confident that they can feed their children beef in this country,
There are still too few helicopters to reach more than 1,000 remote villages with lifesaving supplies that children urgently need.
Meeting the Millennium Development Goals depends on reaching vulnerable children throughout the developing world.